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Post by Captain Obvious on Dec 16, 2021 20:20:14 GMT -4
This much we know about the 2019-20 Wildcats. They finished ranked #2 I think behind only Ottawa. I believe they were better than both Sherbrooke & Cape Breton and should have won the Q. Your WHL champ may have been someone like Vancouver...and Kelowna was the weakest potential host that year there could have been. It would have been embarrassing for them to host. Gotta say I like the Cats odds plus Giroux & McIsaac just were in the last Memorial Cup final. They knew they were going pro next. All on table they could taste the Presidents Cup. It was the ideal all-in. Did you overpay for McIsaac? Maybe but better that and have him than come up short to Sherbrooke without him. He was rested because of the surgery. Would suck if Cape Breton got him and somehow stopped the Cats. It was a good trade. Sucks they didn't get tested. You can go all in without giving the other team whatever they want. I don't think anybody else came close to what they gave up. |
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Post by jimmy on Dec 17, 2021 10:47:40 GMT -4
This much we know about the 2019-20 Wildcats. They finished ranked #2 I think behind only Ottawa. I believe they were better than both Sherbrooke & Cape Breton and should have won the Q. Your WHL champ may have been someone like Vancouver...and Kelowna was the weakest potential host that year there could have been. It would have been embarrassing for them to host. Gotta say I like the Cats odds plus Giroux & McIsaac just were in the last Memorial Cup final. They knew they were going pro next. All on table they could taste the Presidents Cup. It was the ideal all-in. Did you overpay for McIsaac? Maybe but better that and have him than come up short to Sherbrooke without him. He was rested because of the surgery. Would suck if Cape Breton got him and somehow stopped the Cats. It was a good trade. Sucks they didn't get tested. You can go all in without giving the other team whatever they want. I don't think anybody else came close to what they gave up. But if you offer less, maybe someone else does win out ... we will never know. They tried to follow the same model as in 2006 and 2009 - identify who you want, strike hard and fast, even if you overpay. Lead to a championship both of those years. Would it have worked in 2020? We will never know ... if we had a 2 year old Memorial Cup Championship banner hanging from the rafters of the Avenir Centre right now, it would make the cost a bit more bearable. |
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